So, I was watching the macy's Thanksgiving day parade with my family. It was'nt the most fun I've ever had watching TV, but it was family time and... blah blah blah
In any case, things were going along as normal, Kermet the frog and Pikachu both appear, along with the other usual suspects that could be found at Parades. I'm not even going to try to name all of them for the sake of my sanity, and time... I want to type this OP in a meger 15 minutes. But I'm getting off track, this is'nt why I'm typing this up. So eventually, Cartoon network's float rolls up, and I'm expecting the usual, some lame song with some lame special guest singer that was going to do some lame show before they roll off onto some lame road.
The announcers of the Parade said to 'expect a musical suprise' this only turned the possability of the above mentioned lameness, to a deffinate action... well guess what happened...
Suprise!!!
the group in the Cartoon network float begin to seeing their poorly written little song when suddenly... it happens... the float made that sound that we all know, the one of a record suddenly screeching to a halt, the one that's overused to death time and time again. and from the float... begins to come the noise
it's the techno opener to that song that we all know from one source or another... and some guy in a coat spends the next three minutes poorly lip-sinking 'never want to give you up'
That's right people, Cartoon Network rick rolled the macy's thanksgiving day parade...
I know I'm making a mountain out of a molehill here... but it made me die a little inside. So, I'm going to ask this to you, in a totally intellectual way... Has there ever been a time where somebody pissed you off in that fasion?
Where you did the same thing I did? Getting at least mildly annoied over a seemingly small or unimportant action? And have you seen anybody around you do that? Please share.
I'm sort of paranoid about this thread actually... but I've seen more foolish ones survive, so I'm crossing my fingers about the wellbeing of both this thread and my borderline clean record on here
HaHaHaHaHa!! lol God i wish i lived in America, that is absolutely preciou
EDIT: sorry i wrote that before i read the rest of the text
I get incredibly annoyed with people who can't grasp basic concepts There's a man called Karl Pilkington He can't understand that if you got an infinite number of monkeys and put them on type-writers They would eventually write the complete works of Shakespeare, just through the nature of randomness and chaos theory and other such things He says "you could believe it if it was just one monkey, he'd know what he'd got wrong after a while"
Well, personally I think thats an epic maneuver by Cartoon Network.
As far as situations go for me where I made a mountain out of a molehill, just recently my girlfriend and I had been playing Mario Kart 64, nothing out of the ordinary, however, she pulled a completely dick move. She used the lightning bolt on Wario Stadium just as I was going over the gap on that stage. She was fully aware of what she was doing and set out to do just that. Thankfully by the end of the grand prix, we just laughed about it, but when she did it, I was stunned...and very VERY angry.
it's the techno opener to that song that we all know from one source or another... and some guy in a coat spends the next three minutes poorly lip-sinking 'never want to give you up'
the guy in question was Rick Astley himself
as for the float thing i think it was brilliant, i'm betting they got the idea from Fark doing it to the New York Mets earlier this year
Fruhstuck: HaHaHaHaHa!! lol God i wish i lived in America, that is absolutely preciou
EDIT: sorry i wrote that before i read the rest of the text
I get incredibly annoyed with people who can't grasp basic concepts There's a man called Karl Pilkington He can't understand that if you got an infinite number of monkeys and put them on type-writers They would eventually write the complete works of Shakespeare, just through the nature of randomness and chaos theory and other such things He says "you could believe it if it was just one monkey, he'd know what he'd got wrong after a while"
It's also worth mentioning that one of Karl's brilliant ideas for solving the overpopulation problem is to inject "something" into the temple of a recently deceased person who then de-ages back until their birthday, when they die.
Fucking Lunatic. Every single thing that comes out of his mouth is pure comedic genius.
it's the techno opener to that song that we all know from one source or another... and some guy in a coat spends the next three minutes poorly lip-sinking 'never want to give you up'
the guy in question was Rick Astley himself
as for the float thing i think it was brilliant, i'm betting they got the idea from Fark doing it to the New York Mets earlier this year
Okay... It does'nt change the fact that he didd'nt even try to hide the fact that he was lipsinking
If you think the above sentance is correct you are what angers me (not really though you know what I mean)
It should be:
Johnny and I are going to the store.
For some reason that one little obscure section of English pisses me off, I especially hate it when people purposely make the mistake...arg...
The over-corrective application of that rule is immeasurably worse.
You get get shit like "Mom got presents for my sister and I."
-- Alex
uhhhh, that is not english "Mom" is not a word "Mum" is. and dont get me started on the rest of your spelling you "right-hand driving" Bible thumping Colour misspelling Al-ooom-in-um saying (it's al-u-min-i-um!) illitrates!
Bright_Raven: uhhhh, that is not english "Mom" is not a word "Mum" is. and dont get me started on the rest of your spelling you "right-hand driving" Bible thumping Colour misspelling Al-ooom-in-um saying (it's al-u-min-i-um!) illitrates!
lol
I'll give a shit when you can actually put together a sentence. ;)
uhhhh, that is not english "Mom" is not a word "Mum" is. and dont get me started on the rest of your spelling you "right-hand driving" Bible thumping Colour misspelling Al-ooom-in-um saying (it's al-u-min-i-um!) illitrates!
lol
You're joking right? Please, tell me you're joking. Either that, or you're a moron, so what's it going to be?
uhhhh, that is not english "Mom" is not a word "Mum" is. and dont get me started on the rest of your spelling you "right-hand driving" Bible thumping Colour misspelling Al-ooom-in-um saying (it's al-u-min-i-um!) illitrates!
lol
You're joking right? Please, tell me you're joking. Either that, or you're a moron, so what's it going to be?
the word is MUM not MOM the word is COLOUR not COLOR the word is warmogering racist pricks not republicans. and americans can't even say aluminium.
yes i am joking! because the first guy used the sentance "Mom got presents for my sister and I." as an example of propper english when Mom is an incorrectly spelt Mum.
uhhhh, that is not english "Mom" is not a word "Mum" is. and dont get me started on the rest of your spelling you "right-hand driving" Bible thumping Colour misspelling Al-ooom-in-um saying (it's al-u-min-i-um!) illitrates!
lol
You're joking right? Please, tell me you're joking. Either that, or you're a moron, so what's it going to be?
the word is MUM not MOM the word is COLOUR not COLOR the word is warmogering racist pricks not republicans. and americans can't even say aluminium.
yes i am joking! because the first guy used the sentance "Mom got presents for my sister and I." as an example of propper english when Mom is an incorrectly spelt Mum.
I guess you're right, after all, the best people to trust about proper English are the people that don't punctuate, capitalize, and spell correctly.
uhhhh, that is not english "Mom" is not a word "Mum" is. and dont get me started on the rest of your spelling you "right-hand driving" Bible thumping Colour misspelling Al-ooom-in-um saying (it's al-u-min-i-um!) illitrates!
lol
You're joking right? Please, tell me you're joking. Either that, or you're a moron, so what's it going to be?
the word is MUM not MOM the word is COLOUR not COLOR the word is warmogering racist pricks not republicans. and americans can't even say aluminium.
yes i am joking! because the first guy used the sentance "Mom got presents for my sister and I." as an example of propper english when Mom is an incorrectly spelt Mum.
I guess you're right, after all, the best people to trust about proper English are the people that don't punctuate, capitalize, and spell correctly.
of course, i know about those things like you know about people speaking other languages, i just dont use them myself
Bright_Raven: yes i am joking! because the first guy used the sentance "Mom got presents for my sister and I." as an example of propper english when Mom is an incorrectly spelt Mum.
Bah, you're not even paying attention. It was specifically an example of over-correction -- in other words, mistaken usage. "I" should be "me," because in that sentence it's a direct object, not a subject. You wouldn't say "He sent a letter to I," would you?
And, really, my gripe isn't about what's "proper." I don't mind colloquialisms or neologisms. My gripe is that over-correction is a sign that you're trying to sound "proper" and educated but you don't know enough to get it right, which makes you look like a twat.
Comic Sans: I found it hilarious, but Rick Rolling wasn't as overplayed for me as it was for others either. My sister and I were laughing about it the whole day.
Rickrolling definitely is vastly overplayed.
Still, that event probably doubled the number of people who have ever been rickrolled (if you count that as a legitimate rickroll). That's an accomplishment.
Also, rickrolling is now pretty much officially passée. That is also an accomplishment.
Bright_Raven: yes i am joking! because the first guy used the sentance "Mom got presents for my sister and I." as an example of propper english when Mom is an incorrectly spelt Mum.
Bah, you're not even paying attention. It was specifically an example of over-correction -- in other words, mistaken usage. "I" should be "me," because in that sentence it's a direct object, not a subject. You wouldn't say "He sent a letter to I," would you?
And, really, my gripe isn't about what's "proper." I don't mind colloquialisms or neologisms. My gripe is that over-correction is a sign that you're trying to sound "proper" and educated but you don't know enough to get it right, which makes you look like a twat.
-- Alex
Don't forget: "Whom should I say called?" An immediate sign that not only is the speaker one of the 95% of people who don't know how to use whom, but that they are also part of a much smaller subset that thinks people care.
Bright_Raven: yes i am joking! because the first guy used the sentance "Mom got presents for my sister and I." as an example of propper english when Mom is an incorrectly spelt Mum.
Bah, you're not even paying attention. It was specifically an example of over-correction -- in other words, mistaken usage. "I" should be "me," because in that sentence it's a direct object, not a subject. You wouldn't say "He sent a letter to I," would you?
And, really, my gripe isn't about what's "proper." I don't mind colloquialisms or neologisms. My gripe is that over-correction is a sign that you're trying to sound "proper" and educated but you don't know enough to get it right, which makes you look like a twat.
-- Alex
i actually agree with you "frank and I" sound formal, and up-itself. me and frank sounds better. the idea of usig "frank and I" is because it was concidered rude to put yourself first. in "Jolly old england"
a;sp using the word "twat" makes you look like one. as does using the word Whom. also in this catagory is speaking with a simmilar sentance structure to the one i am writing this post with.
So, I was watching the macy's Thanksgiving day parade with my family. It was'nt the most fun I've ever had watching TV, but it was family time and... blah blah blah
In any case, things were going along as normal, Kermet the frog and Pikachu both appear, along with the other usual suspects that could be found at Parades. I'm not even going to try to name all of them for the sake of my sanity, and time... I want to type this OP in a meger 15 minutes. But I'm getting off track, this is'nt why I'm typing this up. So eventually, Cartoon network's float rolls up, and I'm expecting the usual, some lame song with some lame special guest singer that was going to do some lame show before they roll off onto some lame road.
The announcers of the Parade said to 'expect a musical suprise' this only turned the possability of the above mentioned lameness, to a deffinate action... well guess what happened...
Suprise!!!
the group in the Cartoon network float begin to seeing their poorly written little song when suddenly... it happens... the float made that sound that we all know, the one of a record suddenly screeching to a halt, the one that's overused to death time and time again. and from the float... begins to come the noise
it's the techno opener to that song that we all know from one source or another... and some guy in a coat spends the next three minutes poorly lip-sinking 'never want to give you up'
That's right people, Cartoon Network rick rolled the macy's thanksgiving day parade...
I know I'm making a mountain out of a molehill here... but it made me die a little inside. So, I'm going to ask this to you, in a totally intellectual way... Has there ever been a time where somebody pissed you off in that fasion?
Where you did the same thing I did? Getting at least mildly annoied over a seemingly small or unimportant action? And have you seen anybody around you do that? Please share.
I'm sort of paranoid about this thread actually... but I've seen more foolish ones survive, so I'm crossing my fingers about the wellbeing of both this thread and my borderline clean record on here